Sharing Resources Among Remote Repositories Utilizing a Lock File in a Shared File System or a Node Graph in a Peer-To-Peer System

1. A method for sharing resources among remote repositories, the method comprising: creating a resource identifier for a resource; creating metadata for said resource; storing said resource identifier in a lock file in a shared volume accessible by one or more remote repositories; storing said metadata in said shared volume; distributing said resource to said one or more remote repositories; and releasing, by a processor, said lock file in response to distributing said resource to said one or more remote repositories.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising: creating said lock file in response to importing said resource in a local repository.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising: updating said resource in a local repository; and obtaining said lock file in said shared volume in response to updating said resource in said local repository.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising: detecting updating or creating of said lock file in said shared volume by a remote repository; obtaining said lock file in said shared volume; and reading said resource identifier in said obtained lock file.

5. The method as recited in claim 4 further comprising: updating a version of said resource and metadata stored in a local repository in response to said resource identifier in said obtained lock file not matching a resource identifier stored in said local repository; and releasing said lock file.

6. The method as recited in claim 4 further comprising: updating metadata stored in a local repository in response to said metadata stored in said shared volume not matching said metadata stored in said local repository; and releasing said lock file.

7. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising: providing a list of lock files stored in said shared volume to a remote repository in response to detecting said remote repository coming online.

8. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising: obtaining said lock file stored in said shared volume; deleting said resource identifier stored in said lock file and deleting said metadata stored in said shared volume in response to detecting a deletion of said resource in a local repository; releasing said lock file; and deleting said lock file.

9. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising: deleting a copy of said resource, said resource identifier and said metadata stored in a local repository in response to detecting a deletion of said lock file in said shared volume by a remote repository.